tmlfan98
No More Excuses #MarnerOut
Yeah, it's completely over for Shatkins. The Myles Straw trade is going to be the dagger that ends them. Shatkins apologists literally have no defense for them anymore after this trade and are admitting defeat. Their main talking point I've seen has been: "The worst part about this trade is the Shatkins haters won."
The extra international bonus money they're left with, they won't be able to use in a meaningful way given what's left of this IFA class. So the value of the trade in a vacuum can't even be used as a talking point here (which is something Shatkins apologists usually love resorting to).
But the main aspect of why this is such an undeniable dagger, is the fact that Shatkins literally made a desperation trade to try one last time to change Sasaki's mind away from the Dodgers, and fell flat on their faces in front of the entire baseball world.
This is a front office that tries to present themselves as extremely process driven, and their apologists usually gobble that rhetoric up, maintaining unwavering faith in their process like cult members. But a desperation trade is literally anti-process in nature. So now not only is the epic failure fueling the hate of the majority of the fanbase, the Shatkins apologist minority are becoming disillusioned that Shatkins actually abandoned their beloved process.
If Ed Rogers doesn't act soon and get rid of these fools, he is going to allow Shatkins to completely evaporate the 2015 rejuvenation of the fanbase. He may not care about beating the allegations that he lowkey doesn't care about winning, but pretty soon it's going to start to affect the Jays' bottom line again, and we know he cares about that. Plus Shatkins got him to put $400M into renovating a stadium that's going to lose butts in seats because of their mismanagement of the ball club.
The extra international bonus money they're left with, they won't be able to use in a meaningful way given what's left of this IFA class. So the value of the trade in a vacuum can't even be used as a talking point here (which is something Shatkins apologists usually love resorting to).
But the main aspect of why this is such an undeniable dagger, is the fact that Shatkins literally made a desperation trade to try one last time to change Sasaki's mind away from the Dodgers, and fell flat on their faces in front of the entire baseball world.
This is a front office that tries to present themselves as extremely process driven, and their apologists usually gobble that rhetoric up, maintaining unwavering faith in their process like cult members. But a desperation trade is literally anti-process in nature. So now not only is the epic failure fueling the hate of the majority of the fanbase, the Shatkins apologist minority are becoming disillusioned that Shatkins actually abandoned their beloved process.
If Ed Rogers doesn't act soon and get rid of these fools, he is going to allow Shatkins to completely evaporate the 2015 rejuvenation of the fanbase. He may not care about beating the allegations that he lowkey doesn't care about winning, but pretty soon it's going to start to affect the Jays' bottom line again, and we know he cares about that. Plus Shatkins got him to put $400M into renovating a stadium that's going to lose butts in seats because of their mismanagement of the ball club.
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